Chapter 2 Our Trek to Nauvoo

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When we left the MTC we drove through Provo Canyon. It was another beautiful and clear day. The view of Bridal Veil Falls in the winter was very different than we had ever seen.



Deer Creek Reservoir near Heber, Utah was buried in snow. It was gorgeous!




Just a ways inside the border of Wyoming we stopped for gas and looked up and saw these cute little mountain goats.



I was really excited because they are the one thing we did not get to see in Yellowstone Park last summer.

Next we drove on to Martin's Cove in Wyoming. We are standing by one of three statues in memory of the the 3 boys that helped the one of the handcart companies
cross the Sweetwater River. This statue is the boys carrying an older man across the cold cold water, sparing him from getting completely wet.



The wind was blowing very hard and it was sooooooo cold. I just can't imagine these boys getting into the wet cold Sweetwater River, over and over and over again!

It is heart wrenching the suffering that the Saints endured here with no warm truck or warm home or enough food or even enough coats or blankets. This young man had not only the child you can see, but an infant in the other arm. These 3 scenes we depicted from journal entries.


This is a very tender historic site for me. As I look across the area where the Martin Handcart company was camped in the cove of the mountain, I know that Heavenly Father was there to bear them up under their burdens. The song "I Feel My Savior's Love" kept ringing in my mind.



This is the Sweetwater River, very near the sight where the Saints crossed. And it probaby was very icy like this also.

This is Elder and Sister Speiderman. When we were introduced to them, they immediately asked if we knew an Elder Flake who served a mission in New Zealand. They were so excited to tell us they knew someday they would be able to meet his parents and tell us what a fine young man he was.



These are our good friends Wes and Sharon Moore. They are serving in Martin's Cove. They helped us find out that 2 of our ancesters were among the rescuers Pres. Brigham Young sent from Salt Lake when he heard that there were still 2 handcart companies on the plains. Chauncy Webb was in the first group and Edward Milo Webb was in the second group sent out. They were saviors to those people!!!!

To be continued!! We will get to Nauvoo next and then we will be caught up.